Division block for balers



Jan. 8, 1935. w. F. MacGREGOR 1,936,335

DIVISION BLOCK FOR BALERS Filed March 23, 1935 ATTORNEY JIatented Jan. 8, 1935 I I I Y i UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

DIVISION BLOCK FOR BALERS Wallace F. MacGregor, Racine, Wis, assignor to H J. I. Case Company, Racine, Wis, a corporation Application March 23, 1933, Serial Nb. 662,289

x 2 Claims. (01.100-241 In the operation of hay balers it is the practice that when thus assembled, as indicated in Fig. 2, to employ heavyv bulit-up wooden blocks. to be a two-ply block is produced. The guides 11 may positioned-in thebaler chamber whena bale has be composed of metal or other material having been completed, to divide it from the bale being "overhanging flanges 13 to form channels through 5 formed, which is accomplished .by placing the whichjthe usual tie wires are run, and which 5 block in a dropper adapted: tobe. tilted jto slide guides are shorter in length than the width of or dropthe block as the feeder-head isfascending the strips so that sufiicient margins, at 14, so that the block will be inserted vertically prior of the block material will be provided without obto the next descent of the feeder-head to be therestruction to be readily received in the usual guide- 10 by driveninto proper position. It frequently oc-. ways formed at each side of the block dropper. l0 curs, when a mass of material is advanced by the While said guides 11 are shown as applied to the .usual plunger into the path of the descending surface of the block it will be understood that 1. 1 1 and forms such t t on thereto as to they may be embedded in or otherwise associated prevent the block from being seated to divide the with the block material. At the upper side of the 15 completed bale from the immediately following block a combination impact receiver and handle: 1 bale under formation, that a portion of the block 15 is p ov which is riveted Otherwise projects above the baling chamber, with the recured t0 he b oc to e abl a y hand in of the sult that when it receives the impact of the feederlatter when inserting the same in the d p and head the resistance of the block due tothe obotherwise, a d w as l be understood, ay

struction beneath will prevent it from being prop be C p d of a ria suitab e to W thstand 20 erly seated so that when the plunger compresses the imp of the feeder-head Wh n lock is the next charge of material the block will become d v to Position in the baling chambershattered or driven askew into its seat, requiring a In Figs- 3 a d 4 ShOWing a od fied Co truccessation of the machinery to remove the block, tion, I may mp oy w 1 r trip f th which is often so distorted or shattered as to be s c material 0, and s ure e t t a verse unfit for furtheruse and therefore becomes a members 8, p at to form Ch s material loss. It is my object, therefor to proor guides for tie wires 21, and at the outer side of vide an improved block of elastic material yieldsaid members provide transverse strips 22 the able under pressure inany direction and capable edges of which normally serve as flexible coverof returning to normal form after being distorted ings for said guides so that as the blockv pulls 30 by compression, preferably composed of vulcanaway. from the wires said cover portions will flex, ized fabric and rubber such as new or old scrap as indicated in Fig. 4, to permit ready withdrawal rubber belting and the like, so assembled as to of the wires therefrom. include guides for the usualtie wires, or it may In the manner described I produce a division 86 be molded ina single or several parts of such or block of extreme durability, yieldable under presw similar material as desired. a l i sure in any direction, not subject to destruction In the accompanying drawing, forming part under the conditions stated, and which, as indi- 1 hereof, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a hay baler cated, is economical in construction from either including a dropper adapted to insert a division salvaged or new rubber belting or molded elastic 4 3 $0 blockin the baling chamber to be driven therematerial. 0.

' Insaid drawing the numeral 5 indicates abaler removed therefrom having means associated into by impact of a feede'r head, as is common; 1 I claim as my invention:

Fig. 2, a perspective ,of my improved block; Fig. 3, 1. A division block for balers composed of an a perspective of a modified form of block, and element yieldable to pressure in any direction and i Fig. 4 is a fragmentary elevation of the latter. returnable to normal form when compression is of any suitable construction, 6 the feeder-head, therewith for guiding a tie-wire. "'l mechanism for actuating the feeder-head and 2. A division block for balers composed of maplunger, 8 the plun er, and 9 the block dropper, terial yieldable to pressure in any direction and all of which parts may be of any desired conreturnable to normal form when compression is struction removed therefrom, and a tie-wire guide on the The preferred form of block which I employ block shorter in length than the width of said comprises strips of rubber belting, or the like, as block to provide a margin at the outer edges of 1 10, having at opposite sides thereof aligned guides the block for passing unobstructedly through 11, the latter and thestrips being secured by guideways in a block dropper. 5 rivets 12 or other suitable fastening means, so i WALLACE F. MACGREGOR. 

